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'''Kingsweston''' |
'''Kingsweston''' or '''Kings Weston''' is a [[suburb]]an neighbourhood in the city of [[Bristol]], England. It is located in the northwest of the city, in the [[Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston]] electoral ward and the [[Bristol North West]] parliamentary constituency. The neighbourhood consists of a cluster of estate buildings and other houses on [[Kingsweston Hill]], adjacent to [[Kings Weston House]]. The neighbourhood has a small village character, being separated from the surrounding built-up area by parkland remnants of the Kings Weston House [[estate (land)|estate]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kingsweston and Trym Valley Conservation Area |url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/files/documents/2951-22-kingsweston-and-trym-valley/file |website=Bristol City Council}}</ref> |
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Kingsweston was also the name of one of Bristol's [[Wards of the United Kingdom|electoral wards]] from 1980 to 2016, covering an area including Kingsweston itself and several neighbouring suburbs. |
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==Coombe Dingle== |
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{{main|Coombe Dingle, Bristol}} |
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'''Coombe Dingle''' is a suburb of Bristol, centred on where the [[River Trym]] emerges from a gorge passing through the [[Blaise Castle]] Estate. A desirable area, the private housing was mainly built in the 1920s and 1930s. Further downstream is Sea Mills. |
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There was a tin Methodist church which was demolished in the mid-1990s. There are still some photos of it on tin [http://www.Tabernacles.com Tabernacles]. It was a small gothic building of the 1890s. |
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| ⚫ | Kings Weston, or Weston Regis,{{citation needed}} was originally a hamlet (or [[Tithing (country subdivision)|tything]]) in the parish of Henbury,<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Henbury/Gaz1868.html Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868]</ref> to the west of Lawrence Weston, subsumed into Lawrence Weston when the estate was built in the 1940s. It is the location of [[Kings Weston House]]. The village also gave its name to Kingsweston Hill and Kings Weston Lane, the main road between Lawrence Weston and Shirehampton. |
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{{main|Lawrence Weston, Bristol}} |
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[[Image:Lawrence-Weston-Flats.jpg|thumb|right|Council owned flats in Long Cross, Lawrence Weston]] |
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'''Lawrence Weston''' is a post war housing estate in north west [[Bristol]] between [[Henbury, Bristol|Henbury]] and [[Shirehampton]]. It is bounded in the east by the [[Blaise Castle]] estate and woods. It is situated directly beneath the wooded [[Kingsweston Hill]]. The industrial complex and port of [[Avonmouth]] is a mile or so away, across the [[flood plain]]. The residential area was built in the late 1940s/early 1950s. Originally council owned, much of the housing stock is now in private hands. It is known as "El Dub" to its inhabitants. The row of shops in Ridingleaze has been revamped and each shop is now adorned with a mural. |
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Lawrence Weston is well known locally for its vibrant facilities for young people. There are two youth centres, a BMX track, a young people's shop called Juicy Blitz and a Youth Inclusion project. it has the community farm and a range of clubs and groups for young people. |
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There is a [[Kings Weston Roman Villa|Roman villa]] at Kings Weston. |
There is a [[Kings Weston Roman Villa|Roman villa]] at Kings Weston. |
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[[Image:Sea Mills dock wall and bridge.jpg|thumb|left|The remains of the dock wall and the Severn Beach line crossing the Trym at Sea Mills.]] |
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'''Sea Mills''' is a suburb of the English port city of [[Bristol]]. It is situated some 3.5 miles (6 km) north-west of the city centre, at the seaward end of the [[Avon Gorge]]. Nearby suburbs are [[Shirehampton]], [[Sneyd Park]], [[Combe Dingle]] and [[Stoke Bishop]].<ref name=wardmap1>{{cite web | url = http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/kingswestonmap-high.pdf | title = Kingsweston Ward Map | publisher = Bristol City Council | accessdate = 16 June 2006 |format=PDF}}</ref><ref name=osexp154>Ordnance Survey (2004). ''OS Explorer Map 154 – Bristol West & Portishead''. {{ISBN|0-319-23627-7}}.</ref> |
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|image = [[File:Kingsweston Bristol UK ward map.svg|240px]] |
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|caption = Ward boundaries until 2016. |
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Kingsweston was created as an electoral ward in 1980, initially electing one member to [[Avon County Council]] and two members to [[Bristol City Council]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The City of Bristol (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/297/made}}</ref> The ward was abolished following a Local Government Boundary Commission review in 2015, with much of the area moving into the new [[Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston]] ward, and some joining [[Stoke Bishop]] ward.<ref>{{Cite web|title=LGBCE {{!}} Bristol {{!}} LGBCE Site|url=http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/south-west/bristol/bristol|access-date=2021-12-30|website=www.lgbce.org.uk|language=en}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In addition to Kingsweston itself, the ward contained some or all parts of the neighbourhoods of [[Coombe Dingle, Bristol|Coombe Dingle]], [[Lawrence Weston, Bristol|Lawrence Weston]] and [[Sea Mills, Bristol|Sea Mills]]. At the 2001 Census there were 10,844 people living in Kingsweston ward, over 95% of whom were white.<ref>http://www.bristol.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/kingsweston-wis.pdf</ref> |
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Sea Mills was the site of a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] settlement, known as '''Portus Abonae'''. The name and location suggest that this was a river port, but to date there has been no archaeological proof of this.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://romanbristol.tripod.com/abonae.html |title=Abonae: The Roman town of Sea Mills |accessdate=5 January 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112005729/http://romanbristol.tripod.com/abonae.html |archivedate=12 November 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Roman settlement seems to have been abandoned by the 4th century, and there is no evidence of [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] settlement.<ref name=smhist>{{cite web | url = http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/sea-00.asp | title = About Bristol Suburbs – Sea Mills – Early History | publisher = About Bristol | accessdate = 15 June 2006 }}</ref> |
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Before 2016, Bristol City Council used a system of elections by thirds, in which councillors sat for four year terms but elections took place in three out of every four years, with roughly one third of seats up for election at any one time. Kingsweston ward therefore elected one of its two councillors at a time, in elections taking place two years in every four. |
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By the [[Middle Ages]] Bristol had become a major port, with all traffic between the port and the sea having to pass through the Avon Gorge and past Sea Mills. In 1712, [[Joshua Franklin]], a Bristol merchant, built a [[wet dock]] at Sea Mills, to eliminate the need for large sailing ships to navigate the dangerous River Avon any further upstream. This was located where the [[River Trym]] enters the [[River Avon, Bristol|River Avon]]. However, poor transport links doomed the enterprise and the harbour facilities fell into disrepair by the end of the 18th century. Some remains of the dock still exist, and are used as a harbour by pleasure craft.<ref name="smhist"/> |
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In the 1920s and 30s, Sea Mills was developed as a planned green suburb. Much of the housing was local council, although it is now mainly in private ownership. Adjacent to the Portway is a small estate of prefabricated bungalows dating from a post-WW2 housing scheme.<ref name=smhist2>{{cite web | url = http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/sea-02.asp | title = About Bristol Suburbs – Sea Mills – The Housing Estate | publisher = About Bristol | accessdate = 15 June 2006 }}</ref> |
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The wide [[Portway, Bristol|A4 Portway trunk road]] passes along the south-west edge of Sea Mills and links central Bristol with its outport at Avonmouth. Running parallel to the serpentine path of the River Avon, the Portway was the most expensive road in Britain when it was opened in 1926. Both the Portway and the railway line have bridges over the harbour outfall into the Avon. |
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Ocean-going ships used to sail past Sea Mills, going to and from [[Bristol City Docks]]. Nowadays most of the shipping is in the form of pleasure craft, Bristol's main docks now being at Avonmouth and [[Portbury]]. |
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October 2006 saw the opening of The Portway Rugby Development Centre. The facilities it has are 2 outdoor 3G Crumb pitches, suitable for Rugby and Football. Outdoor grass Rugby pitches (ready for August 2007). There are 2 meeting room's and they host many aerobics classes. |
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| [[2014 Bristol City Council election|2014]] |
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| Tim Leaman |
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| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} |
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| [[2013 Bristol City Council election|2013]] |
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==Transport== |
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| Jason Budd |
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Kingsweston ward is served by 1 railway station, at [[Sea Mills railway station|Sea Mills]], just outside the ward boundary. With hourly services between [[Bristol Temple Meads railway station|Bristol Temple Meads]] and [[Avonmouth railway station|Avonmouth]], there are also peak connections to [[Severn Beach railway station|Severn Beach]]. |
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| {{Party name with colour|Independents for Bristol}} |
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Bus services serving the area are 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 and 13. |
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|[[2010 Bristol City Council election|2010]] |
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| Tim Leaman |
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| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} |
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|[[2009 Bristol City Council election|2009]] |
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| Simon Rayner |
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| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} |
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|[[2006 Bristol City Council election|2006]] |
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| John Thomas Bees |
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| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} |
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|[[2005 Bristol City Council election|2005]] |
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| Judith Margaret Price |
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| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} |
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|[[2002 Bristol City Council election|2002]] |
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| John Thomas Bees |
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| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} |
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|[[2001 Bristol City Council election|2001]] |
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| Judith Margaret Price |
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| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} |
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Revision as of 13:40, 18 August 2024
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  Kingsweston Location within Bristol | |
| OS grid reference | ST543774 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRISTOL |
| Postcode district | BS9 |
| Dialling code | 0117 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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Kingsweston or Kings Weston is a suburban neighbourhood in the city of Bristol, England. It is located in the northwest of the city, in the Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston electoral ward and the Bristol North West parliamentary constituency. The neighbourhood consists of a cluster of estate buildings and other houses on Kingsweston Hill, adjacent to Kings Weston House. The neighbourhood has a small village character, being separated from the surrounding built-up area by parkland remnants of the Kings Weston House estate.[1]
Kingsweston was also the name of one of Bristol's electoral wards from 1980 to 2016, covering an area including Kingsweston itself and several neighbouring suburbs.
History
Kings Weston, or Weston Regis,[citation needed] was originally a hamlet (or tything) in the parish of Henbury,[2] to the west of Lawrence Weston, subsumed into Lawrence Weston when the estate was built in the 1940s. It is the location of Kings Weston House. The village also gave its name to Kingsweston Hill and Kings Weston Lane, the main road between Lawrence Weston and Shirehampton.
There is a Roman villa at Kings Weston.
Electoral ward
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| Former ward Bristol City Council. | |
 Ward boundaries until 2016. | |
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| Replaced by | Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston, Stoke Bishop |
Kingsweston was created as an electoral ward in 1980, initially electing one member to Avon County Council and two members to Bristol City Council.[3] The ward was abolished following a Local Government Boundary Commission review in 2015, with much of the area moving into the new Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston ward, and some joining Stoke Bishop ward.[4]
In addition to Kingsweston itself, the ward contained some or all parts of the neighbourhoods of Coombe Dingle, Lawrence Weston and Sea Mills. At the 2001 Census there were 10,844 people living in Kingsweston ward, over 95% of whom were white.[5]
Before 2016, Bristol City Council used a system of elections by thirds, in which councillors sat for four year terms but elections took place in three out of every four years, with roughly one third of seats up for election at any one time. Kingsweston ward therefore elected one of its two councillors at a time, in elections taking place two years in every four.
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| Election | Councillor | Party | |
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| 2014 | Tim Leaman | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2013 | Jason Budd | Independents for Bristol | |
| 2010 | Tim Leaman | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2009 | Simon Rayner | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2006 | John Thomas Bees | Labour | |
| 2005 | Judith Margaret Price | Labour | |
| 2002 | John Thomas Bees | Labour | |
| 2001 | Judith Margaret Price | Labour | |
See also
References
- ^ "Kingsweston and Trym Valley Conservation Area". Bristol City Council.
- ^ Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868
- ^ "The City of Bristol (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980".
- ^ "LGBCE | Bristol | LGBCE Site". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ http://www.bristol.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/kingsweston-wis.pdf
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kingsweston (ward).
- Map sources for Kingsweston
- Sea Mills history